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by Sara Teasdale
From Rivers to the Sea (1915)
What do I owe to you
Who loved me deep and long?
You never gave my spirit wings
Or gave my heart a song.
But oh, to him I loved
Who loved me not at all,
I owe the little open gate
That led thru heaven's wall.
This poem is in the public domain. Source text: Project Gutenberg.